Sex Shop

Sex Shop

1972 · 99 min · FR · 5.8 (21 votes)
Dir. Claude Berri · Starring Claude Berri, Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Francesca Romana Coluzzi, Jacques Martin, Claude Piéplu · Music Serge Gainsbourg

A comedy that will roll you in the aisles

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On the advice of a friend, Claude, married to the charming Isabelle and father of two, decided to transform his library, hardly flourishing, into a sex shop. This change of activity proves to be very lucrative and sharpens his desire to spice up his married life through various erotic experiences. Claude asks his wife to share with him the audacity he dreams of. Soon, the household meets a dentist and his wife and is engaged, without much success, to new discoveries. Isabelle, full of good will, tries to follow her husband ...

VIBE

This film feels like a daring, yet dryly comedic, exploration of sexual awakening and marital ennui. It’s a coolly detached look at desire and commerce, set against a backdrop of 70s European sensibilities. Expect philosophical musings wrapped in provocative scenarios.

provocativewittycynicaleroticunsettlingsteadyEuropean arthouseerotic drama70s cinemasexualitymarriagecapitalismliberation
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